lympha

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Latin[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (númphē, “bride, young girl; spring water”). Doublet of nympha.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lympha f (genitive lymphae); first declension

  1. (poetic) water, especially clear river or spring water
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.635:
       […]; dic corpus properet fluviali spargere lympha, et pecudes secum et monstrata piacula ducat: […]
  2. (medicine) water in dropsical people

Inflection[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lympha lymphae
Genitive lymphae lymphārum
Dative lymphae lymphīs
Accusative lympham lymphās
Ablative lymphā lymphīs
Vocative lympha lymphae

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Descendants[edit]

Descendants of lympha in other languages
  • → Catalan: limfa
  • → Chinese: 淋巴 (línbā)
  • → French: lymphe
  • → Galician: linfa
  • → Italian: linfa
  • → Portuguese: linfa
  • → Romanian: limfă
  • → Spanish: linfa

References[edit]

  • “lympha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lympha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lympha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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